hungary is no exception. to its critics, it was a monstrosity resembling an oil refinery more than a museum. but as paris' pompidou centre celebrates its 40th birthday this week, its reputation as an icon of modern architecture is now well established. it has been popular with more than 100 million visitors passing through its doors since 1977. will gompertz has been speaking to two of the original architects, richard rodgers and renzo piano about the pompidou's enduring legacy. ah, paris, beautiful, romantic, and radical. a city of revolutions, riots and avant—garde ideas. like the pompidou centre, which in 1977 was like an electric shock for cultural conservatives. a daring, inside out building with its guts on show and weird caterpillar escalators crawling up its facade. these two self—confessed bad boys were behind its creation. unknown iconoclasts back then, respected pillars of society today. they hadn't expected their design to beat the 680 competing proposals. and when it did, a steep learning cur

, those people are looking at hungary thinking, "thank god for hungary, thank god that there is someone standing up." and when it all goes terribly wrong in the west, we'll move to hungary. now those are the kind of people hungary needs. we're pretty confident this is the building where knights templar international are registered in budapest. certainly pictures on their blogs, websites, correspond to this building. let's see if there's anyone at home. hello, we're looking forjim dawson. jim dawson. knights templar international. hello. we got into the building, but couldn't find anyone from knights templar international. we asked them for an interview, they haven't responded. nick griffin declined. translation: we don't have an official relationship, i've been contacted byjim dawson and he came to asotthalom a few times as a private individualjust to have a look. nick griffin also came with him. i heard it from journalists, the possibility to move to asotthalom has been advertised abroad, i haven't seen any of the adverts. still, i must say, we're very happy to welcome people from engl

and when they march against him in the streets of hungary they actually call him not the dictator, they call him the victator because his name was victor. he started an anti-communist movement in his country. by the time he was 35 years old he was the youngest every prime minister of his country. he was elected prime minister

hungary is no exception. to europe's forgotten war in eastern ukraine now, where government forces and russian backed rebels are accusing each other of attacking civilians. fighting intensified last week with the focus of some of the heaviest clashes on the government held city of avdiivka, just over ten miles from rebel held donetsk. tom burridge sent this report from the front line of the conflict. a wait for food — part of their perpetual nightmare of war. but for thousands, the city of avdiivka is still their home. it's now the epicentre of the worst fighting in eastern ukraine in two years. she says she sits at home trembling when the night—time routine of heavy shelling begins. we met valentina. still in shock, her daughter was killed in the shelling last night. she still hadn't told her nine—year—old grandson. translation: the child still doesn't know his mother is gone. and i don't know how to tell him. "who was firing?", asks the dead woman's cousin. "who is responsible for eastern ukraine be

hungary is no exception. to europe's forgotten war in eastern ukraine now, where government forces and russian backed rebels are accusing each other of attacking civilians. fighting intensified last week with the focus of some of the heaviest clashes on the government held city of avdiivka, just ten miles from rebel held donetsk. tom burridge sent this report from the front line of the conflict. a wait for food — part of their perpetual nightmare of war. but for thousands, the city of avdiivka is still their home. it's now the epicentre of the worst fighting in eastern ukraine in two years. she says she sits at home trembling when the night—time routine of heavy shelling begins. we met valentina. still in shock, her daughter was killed in the shelling last night. she still hadn't told her nine—year—old grandson. translation: the child still doesn't know his mother is gone. and i don't know how to tell him. "who was firing?", asks the dead woman's cousin. "who is responsible for eastern ukraine being c

gordan paunovic: how much money to hungary and croatia? how much you need to pay? ungarn: to austria, two thousand euros, without knowing if they'll actually make it across the border. reporter: for hawe and his cousin saher, that's simply too much money. hawe hopes the europeans will recognise that he fled the taliban in afghanistan and grant him asylum. hawa: i hope they'll let me travel to germany legally. i can no longer travel with people smugglers due to my injury. reporter: those who are healthy have a chance of crossing the border. for me, that's impossible. reporter: serbia has become a dead end for refugees. even for those with a legitimate right to claim asylum in the e.u. >> a few years ago marco streng dropped out of university to become a miner. the 27-year-old went on to found what is said to be the largest mining company of its kind in the world, bitcoin mining that is. the digital online currency is still in its infancy, most commonly used by the most tech savvy amongst us. but its popularity is gaining so much that the online currency has doubled

hungary is part of europe. they have gone along with the european side of the sanctions that the united states government organized against russia in 2014. but now viktor orban is looking at vladimir putin and seeing a kindred spirit thinking maybe we won't go along with those sanctions anymore. viktor orban sent his foreign minister to moscow last week and he declared the sanctions on russia may now be counterproductive. now maybe the european part of the worldwide sanctions on russia that we organized, maybe those sanctions are going to start falling apart. thank you, viktator. today russian president vladimir putin took his first foreign trip of the trump era, the trump era the russian government has been so excited about. naturally when vladimir putin decided to go abroad for the first time in the trump era, he went to go see the viktator, he went to see viktor orban in his country. part of that is nationalist right wing authoritarian strong men dissent crushing would be leaders for life. those kinds of lea

hungary is no exception. to europe's forgotten war in eastern ukraine now, where government forces and russian—backed rebels are accusing each other of attacking civilians. fighting intensified last week with the focus of some of the heaviest clashes on the government held city of avdiivka, just over ten miles from rebel held donetsk. tom burridge sent this report from the front line of the conflict. a wait for food, part of their perpetual nightmare of war. but for thousands, the city of avdiivka is still their home. it's now the epicentre of the worst fighting in eastern ukraine in two years. she says she sits at home trembling when the night—time routine of heavy shelling begins. we met valentina. still in shock, her daughter was killed in the shelling last night. she still hadn't told her nine—year—old grandson. translation: the child still doesn't know his mother is gone. and i don't know how to tell him. "who was firing?", asks the dead woman's cousin. "who is responsible for eastern ukraine bei

it is really odd that such a village in hungary is trying to attract people under the idea that what really connects all this right—wing extremists is just hatred towards muslims. they are quite a varied group and as somebody who lived in the united kingdom for fours years as a romanian, who lived in the united kingdom for four years, i can tell you that people like nick griffin are not very fond of my people eitherand by my are not very fond of my people either and by my people i mean eastern europeans. so too to actually live under the impression

and in one day in 2015,10,000 migrants crossed into hungary. the mayor of the town now wants to persuade white, straight, christian europeans who don't like the idea of living in a multi—cultural society to move there. i'll play you this report by lesley ashmall. the village population is declining and homesteads are vacant. the mayor here wants to attract foreign investors but not just here wants to attract foreign investors but notjust any foreigner. we primarily welcome people from western europe, people who wouldn't like to live in a multicultural society. we would like to attract muslim people into the village. what if i was black or if i was gay, how would you feel about that? asotthalom as a bylaw banning homosexual propaganda. we adopted it a few weeks ago. as for your other question, think about this, europe is small, it can't take in billions of people from africa and south asia. it would soon lead to the disappearance of europe. i would like europe to be belonged to europeans, asia to the asians and africa to the africans. he is so

i am concerned about analogies like victor or bound in hungary. hungry continues to have elections. they are free --free, not so fair, but they exist. host: free how? guest: they are free of the votes are counted, but the rules have been written in way to favor incumbents. two thirds of the government is the number you need to rewrite the constitution whenever you want, and they periodically to go with the election law to keep the governing coalition above two thirds. and there's a lot of state influence over the media through advertising and other kinds of pressures. the government arranges for independent media, especially in out byto be bought people friendly to the head of the government. -- has not wrongfully arrested a single person in all of this time as prime minister of hungry. a shrewd observer of hungary said to me in an advanced state, the power that comes from controlling the laws, not the power to person desperate secured the english -- persecute , but the power to protect the guilty -- then you can make friends. host: jim, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning,

attempting to illegally cross into hungary they say could swiftly end in arrest or beatings by border guards. their only option is to wait. reporter: hawe safe and his cousin saher are desperate to leave. the two afghan refugees are exasperated. they've been stranded in a

jane: reporting from the village of asotthalom in southern hungary. securityhomeland secretary john kelly admitted president trump's travel ban was hastily implemented. one caught in the confusion is an iraqi translator who worked with the u.s. government. he spent six years getting a visa, only to be pulled off of an airplane in turkey. his family'swed journey to start a new life in the u.s. >> i was scheduled to depart on the 31st of january. when they took us out of the airplane i was shaking. my world has ended. it was a devastating moment. [indiscernible] hopefully, this time, everything will be ok. hopefully. fingers are crossed. describe howhow to i feel right now. finally, for the struggle. how do you feel now? much excited and happy. we can check everything -- [indiscernible] i want to go to the statue of liberty and c ellis island. we always see elms and movies. -- films and movies. i can't believe i'm going to see it for real. their torturous journey to the u.s. it is a scary question, but who or what we'll do your job in the future. outsou

these are the broadcasts by the european satellite states, that is czechoslovakia, hungary, bulgaria, romania, and so forth. they do about the same amount altogether as the soviet union does. these 317 hours are done by communist china. than 125 hours each week are , north the far east korea and north vietnam, and then there is 108 hours being nineby various clandestine clandestinens -- radio stations. they are claiming that they are, for example, the south korean broadcast. there actually broadcasting from north korea, but announcing that they are south korean broadcast. that's where the clandestine comes in. you see that the soviet union uses all the satellite countries to do broadcasting outside the communist as well. >> i wonder if you can and will find what you said about the soviet distribution of the magazines and books abroad. i have seen some very startling figures on that. do you have them in mind? >> i have some figures about the publication of the magazines. they are putting out 85 periodicals in 30 different languages. andodicals means magazines quarterly reviews and thin

mission in large part sponsored by our war refugee board to help protect hungary's jewish community. this young diplomat, raul wallenberg, risked his life to save tens of thousands of jews, if not more, from almost certain death in nazi concentration camps. for his remarkable courage and humanitarian spirit, wallenberg had been recognized and memorialized across the globe. in 1963, yad recognized him as a righteous man among nations. in 1981, raul wallenberg became the second person to be bestowed honorary united states citizenship n 1995, congress unveiled a bronze bust dedicated to wallenberg here in the capitol and today it can be found appropriately in emancipation hall in the capitol visitor center. and just three years ago, mr. speaker, congress awarded the congressional gold medal to raul wallenberg, the highest civilian honor that can be bestowed by congress. yet for all of these memorials and all of these tributes, since raul wallenberg was last seen as a free man on january 17, 1945, his true faith remains a mystery. for 72 years now the truth has eluded us. and worse, raul

a village in hungary which has introduced a bylaw aimed at making it difficult for muslims and gay people to live there — is being advertised in the uk as a place to move to in order to escape multiculturalism and islam. the group advertising it here is called knights templar international which has links to former british national party leader nick griffin. lesley ashmall has been to meet the mayor of asotthalom. asotthalom, a remote village in the southern hungarian plains. the village is two hours from budapest, butjust minutes from the serbian border. in 2015, 10,000 in 2015,10,000 migrants are they crossed into hungry. the village's population is declining and homestead stand vacant. the mayor here wants to attract new investors to bolster the declining population. but not just any foreigner. but notjust any foreigner. we primarily want people from western europe who do not want to live in a multicultural society. we would not wa nt to multicultural society. we would not want to attract muslim people. what ifi want to attract muslim people. what if i was black or gay? we have a bye

rooms feature the many bleak dimensions of life in hungary before freedom. gulag life -- countless writers, artists, and dissidents spent their best years breaking rocks in quarries. propaganda preached, "wave the flag, "trust your leaders, and you'll enjoy the material fruits of your obedience." both nazism and communism celebrated a sham justice and a sham democracy. behind the banners were all the domestic spy tools governments used to keep a people in line. joining the church was a way to express dissent, and a people's faith was one thing the totalitarian governments could not control. the basement was the grim scene of torture and executions. while there is a happy ending -- video clips show the festive and exhilarating days in 1991 when the last soviets departed -- the wall of the victimizers is an evocative send-off. it reminds visitors that most local members and supporters of the secret police, many of whom are still living, were never brought to justice. >>> good evening, from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley, a conversation with actor eric braiden,

hungary is going to withdraw its bid for the 2024 olympic games. still to come: hong kong's former leader has been sent to prison for bribery charges — we'll get more from helier chung. a serious case review into the murder of an 18 month old girl has found that she was "almost invisible to professionals" after she was taken into the care of the woman who later killed her. keegan downer suffered over 150 injuries. kandyce downer was jailed for life after being convicted of the little girl's murder. amy cole reports. little keegan downer, happy and flourishing but that changed when she went to live with a distant relative who had been awarded a special guardianship order in 2015. just nine months later, she was dead. a serious case review into the death has found that she failed was bya number of death has found that she failed was by a number of agencies, i have visitor only need one visit not long after the change of guardianship. keegan downer did not have any notes to say that she was effectively adopted and was not seen by any gps after the p

the fall is partly due to eastern europeans returning home to countries like poland and hungary. there's also been a significant fall in overseas student numbers. our home editor, mark easton, reports. worried about immigration? they are at york's monkbar hotel. so you need to cross the wall, the gate, sorry, and on the right hand you will find the minster cathedral. not that there's too much but that there soon may not be enough. the oldest street in town is shambles. york's tourist industry is booming, now worth a remarkable half a billion pounds a year and supporting a record 20,000 jobs across the city. but growth here, as in much of the hospitality industry, has relied on migrant labour. romanians change the hotel beds. the waiter is spanish. your pot of tea. thank you very much. enjoy. half the staff are eu migrants. in fact, with very low unemployment in york, businesses like this cannot grow or even survive without a supply of foreign workers. a quarter of british hospitality businesses say they have currently got vacancies that they are struggling to fill. with the uk la

this is the broadcast by the european satellite states that is czechoslavakia, romania, hungary, and so forth. they do about the same amount altogether as the soviet union does. these 317 hours are done by communist china. then 125 hours each week are done by the far east, that means to say north korea and north vietnam. and then there's 108 hours now being done by various clandestine radio broadcasters, who are situated in one place or another claiming that they are, for example, the south korean broadcast. they are actually broadcasting from north korea but announcing they are south korean broadcast. that's where the slandestine slandestine -- clandestine comes in. so you see that all the european countries use the broadcasting outside the soviet union to do the broadcasting themselves. >> mr. allen, i wonder if you could talk about the books abroad. i've seen staggering figures on that. do you have any in mind? >> i have some figures about the publications in the magazines. they are putting out about 85 periodicals in 30 different languages. periodical means magazines and quarterl

hungary is to withdraw budapest‘s bid to host the 2024 olympics. the government said there was a lack of political and national unity behind the application, something it blamed on the opposition in parliament. it means only paris and los angeles remain in the running with the ioc deciding on a winner in september. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. take a look if you want more details. 0ne take a look if you want more details. one of our main stories is leicester city getting a crucial away goal against sevilla. see you again very soon. goodbye for now. hello there. check before you travel. i think that's the main message today. stormy weather pushing across the uk from west to east. storm doris developed through the night. by the start of morning rush—hour this is where a number of hazards. to the northern flank of it, snow. parts of central and southern scotland, a met office amber be—prepared warning. especially on the higher ground. we could see 20—30 centimetres of snow. that could impact the hi

hungary, so many nations across the european union -- look at. i don't deny these people exist and i don't agree with these people but i can tell you one thing, the public opinion in our countries on the continent in the eu is not against europe, they are against this european union. that's why i'm saying this book is maybe more eurosceptic than all other books that have been published because i think this european union will not survive. what you need to do to convince people who are voting today voting for le pen offering a vision for the future, showing them unity for the future, showing them unity for europe can tackle the financial crisis, the economic fallout of it, the migration flows, refugees coming to europe. security issues as well. you have been peddling the federalist dream for ten years, at what point do you realise it's a dream and not a reality? the banking union today is a reality because we have pushed for it. i also think tomorrow the european defence union will be a reality because the world is changing and we cannot count on

that's when i was in budapest, hungary. when i went to the soviet union, which was collapsing at that stage. and when i came back, we took the essence of nunn-lugar and put it in the authorization conference roar. now, that happened to be out of scope, so to speak, because it had not passed either the senate or the house. we knew that but we thought we could persuade our colleagues that this was urgent. we could not explain that to them because as you said, david, they were still in the framework that the soviet union is the enemy, let them fall, why should we help them, why should we use american tax money. so we saw so much opposition that we had to put pull off the authorization bill from the floor to the senate and take it back to conference, take that provision out of it and go with the authorization bill without it. so we came back in december and passed it in the appropriation bill as an amendment, persuading senator robert byrd, lugar and i both did, that it was urgent and he'd cut it from 500 million to 400 million

a curbing hungary had been conducting that had been constructing a second line offense on their border -- has been constructing a second line offense on their border. the government considers migration is one of the biggest threats to europe. fillon, the man hoping to be president has accused judges of taking orders from francois hollande. this regarding investigation into allegations his wife was given a fake job. saying a presidential candidate needs dignity and respect. alexander hirst has the story. francois fillon is facing new controversy by accusing the government of allowing a quasi-civil war. the statement came after some protesters clashed with police at a demonstration against her tole pen that took the western city. and an attempt by fillon to concentrate his campaign's message on law and order. from paris's agricultural affair, he called his words irresponsible. >> even during the campaign politics should be dignified and based on the truth. some candidates like to present controversies. >> a few hours later, he doubled down. >> it is his responsibility to oversee the pres

hungary will be presented, awe australia will be rented there. will be a lot of different dealers bringing different materials. there will be posters from the free speech movement and also great items >> i found it difficult to get to san francisco but oakland is more >> oakland is very accessible. and we like the venue and the city of oakland has bent over backwards basically welcoming us. we did it originally in san francisco >> before we go to the next segment with laura, tell us where you're located >> i'm just north of berkeley and have been involved in the book world for about 30 years and i also chair the book fair committee >> that's great. thank you for being with us, michael and please join us with laura in the next segment. >>> we continue this wonderful book fair with laura swan and your bookstore is located >> i am in walnut creek, swan's fine books on locust creek >> that's one of my favorite places >> yeah, if you're visiting the inn, come see our shop >> [ overlapping speakers ] >> absolutely >> so michael brought the old books an

that eastern european countries like hungary, the czech republic, romania and others export their employees here. it's clear that people who of been out of work for a long time won't ever have a chance to find a job. >> the government hopes to create 160,000 jobs for a cost of 2 billion euros. kate: the french carmaker psa is pushing ahead with lines to buy general motors european operations. it's based in germany and one based in the u.k. have raised concerns about potential job losses if there taken over by the makers of peugeot and citroen vehicles. seeking assurances that their local workforces would be protected. they hope to save up to 2 billion euros the year if they acquire the two brands, which is not turned a profit since 1999. many analysts say that will be difficult to achieve without job cuts. the french government owns a 14% stake in psa. they're trying to make the deal happen and are fully aware of the stakes. >> it's an operation that can benefit everyone, but under certain conditions. condition is obviously the one pertaining to jobs. so we've had and will continue to have

it is the prospect of rising costs and public support -- rising cost that public support in hungary has plunged. legal challenges have been launched with those behind them, saying that slogan could violate laws aimed at protecting the french language. time for a check of the top business stories. kate moody is here. we're going to start industry. >> the group is pushing ahead with talks of buying general motors last european operations despite growing concerns about potential job losses. the deal is being valued at $2 billion. making it the second-biggest carmaker in europe. both german and british governments said they will to all they can to protect local jobs. >> the potential psa has created uncertainty for thousands of workers. half of locals are based in germany. government has a coordination process underway, and we will do everything we can politically to secure jobs in germany. >> german plant worker seem upbeat about the deal. motors european arm has not posted a profit since 1999. losing billions of euros. >> there are many uncertainties. as the old saying goes, when one door

>> we have seen about effect on soviet public relations -- a bad by the soviet prime minister of hungary. there have been tremendous demonstrations in paris, london, socialistslaces by and left-wing people who are terribly annoyed against the soviet union, and it is nothing that their propaganda line can do about it. by the communists using film a lot in this film? >> yes, they are. in the entertainment industry, they have been very active. >> there is a film about a girl who was a red army sniper and a boy who is an american officer. they are shipwrecked and fall in love. happens --hat this happens in this communist love story. across the ice comes the sniper- girl, a red army , and a white russian officer. she has killed 40 men with her rifle. >> the cross, warned by the man, is another identification of the and to me -- enemy. >> you had better wait outside until you are ready. idiot.t be an the wind is still raging. you are liable to catch your death out there. you and your high and mighty sick.ake me this is the front line, not the joying room. -- drawing room. sick. this is the fro

company in budapest in hungary. now all the people that work in that company decided, let's adopt her. come on in, you became kind of like the office pet. the thing is, in winter 2016, floppy caught site of beast. he's floppy watching some of beast's videos. beast is also a white poodle. >> he's so handsome. >> are you kidding me? >> he's also got beast's picture there on the wall. >> no way. >> it appears she's found a stand-in, i suppose you could say. >> no. you got to be kidding me. >> yeah. well, the thing is, i ain't saying she's a gold digger, but she's dealing with a broke dog. beast has 2.5 milli

going up against paris in budapest hungary. he said he would love to see los angeles get the olympics. but doesn't know if his travel ban would make it harder for the city to get the bid. the host city announced in september. >>> tom brady dedicated his super bowl victory to his mother. brady had an emotional week. we were all found out his mother has been battling an illness for the past 18 months. she had not been able to attend any of the games during the season. she did get to the super bowl and brady said, she is the one i want to 14. >>> a man who was stopped from entering the us because of the immigration ban has been allowed back into the country. the very important research he was set to do for stanford.>>> we see traffic is still doing okay for the most part around the bay area. as we take a live look at 280 in san jose. >>> there is still light rain out there. it is going to pick up tonight and tomorrow. there could be some heavy amounts. coming up let's take a look. choosing to eat better shouldn't mean choosing to

and hungary seizing to a free country. i spent some time there last year. an intruder said in an advanced state, the power that comes from controlling the law is not the power to persecute the innocent. that's too dangerous. it is the power to protect the guilty. then you can make friends. host: let's go to jim, clarksburg, west virginia, democrat. jim, good morning. caller: good morning, mr. frum. i have a statement first and then a question. my statement, is completely dangerous, a securey guy. my question was with sam harris, that was an awesome interview you did with sam harris. and my question is, the impeachment, you said that it's not possible. say it isn't so. i'll take your comments offline, thank you for your time. guest: well, i believe what i said was it's not possible under the circumstances of today. donald trump has not committed impeachable offenses, at least so far as we're aware. he may do so in the future, but, of course, impeachment is a political process with some legal standards. and there isn't -- it's very hard to imagine that with r

. >>> in today's quick hits, budapest, hungary is dropping its bid to host 2024 summer olympics due to a lack of support by its residents. that leaves only los angeles and paris in the running. the ioc will decide in september. >>> london's scotland yard is being led by a woman for the first time in its 187-year history. she is 56-year-old cressida dick, a former member of the force. i bet she's a cool chick. >>> preparations are under way for the academy award and crews at the doleby theater have already rolled out the red carpet for hollywood's biggestifying. >>> an interest rate hike possible and why big retailers are losing the race with amazon. steve sedgwick has all the details this morning. good morning, steve. >> reporter: yes. the 14th and 15th march for momc for janet yellen could be absolutely key after she says, yeah, rate could be hiked fairly soon and not too much pressure on inflation. elsewhere, bricks and mortar are taking it to amazon, better pricing and better delivery. only 10% of the 350 global retail remembers making money. and finally mcdonald's bets on $1 soda a

. >>> in today's quick hits, budapest, hungary is dropping its bid to host 2024 summer olympics due to a lack of support by its residents. that leaves only los angeles and paris in the running. the ioc will decide in september. >>> london's scotland yard is being led by a woman for the first time in its 187-year history. she is 56-year-old cressida dick, a former member of the force. she says she's thrilled and humbled. >>> preparations are under way for the 89th academy awards this sunday. crews at the dolby theater have already rolled out the red carpet for hollywood's biggest night. >>> an interest rate hike possible and why big retailers why you may see more tesla's on the road. we have more on this. >> good morning. >> washington will try to get back on the positive track, the nasdaq and s&p 500 slipping. the dow had a gain for the ninth straight session. the markets struggled overall after the fed meeting suggests they are comfortable raising interest rates fairly soon. shares of tesla, the electric car maker reporting a loss. focusing more on the plans for the future. they plan

company in budapest in hungary. now all the people that work in that company decided, let's adopt her. come on in, you became kind of like the office pet. the thing is, in winter 2016, floppy caught site of beast. he's floppy watching some of beast's videos. beast is also a white poodle. >> he's so handsome. >> are you kidding me? >> he's also got beast's picture there on the wall. >> no way. >> it appears she's found a stand-in, i suppose you could say. >> no. you got to be kidding me. >> yeah. well, the thing is, i ain't saying she's a gold digger, but she's dealing with a broke dog. beast has 2.5 million followers on facebook. and it might be because beast's family name is beast zuckerberg. >> oh. >> yes, beast zuckerberg is part of that family. social media royalty. as you can see from the videos they share, they figured that love knows no barriers and they basically put their proposal out. they poked him. they are looking for a friend

commitment of the united states thinking at he time and the striking part about it is the country of poland, hungary, omania, the czech republic, slova kia, wanted to join the lliance, not something the united states dragged them into. plainview, from texas, wallace, good morning. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. you're on the air, go ahead. caller: i'd like to make a comment. ahead.go ing in we have war go afghanistan, one going in iraq. into serbia.to get korea has not been settled and a war ll trying to start with russia. mccain.graham and john good day. guest: well, the caller is entitled to his point f view, that's the great thing about c-span. i would disagree and i would the entire 25 or so year period of since the end war, break-up of the soviet union, success of the administration has tried to build a productive ustainable relationship with russia. ukraine an actions in really have put an end to trend. policy on of -- guiding and policy of our european allies of europe hold free at and its h itself neighbors envisioned russia as the pillars one of of european security and the crim

think of hungary, poland, the philippines, post-mandela south africa. you see there's less freedom of the press. the judiciary is more corrupt. elections don't stop -- it's not like putin's russia. they don't murder people. they don't even usually wrongfully arrest people. they use a lot of deceit and corruption and make political checks and balances less meaningful. that's the future i fear for the united states under donald trump. >> i guess the question tonight is whether or not in the era of trump we are going to become -- he will force us to become, coerce us to become better citizens. yes, no? >> that's such an important question. i'm not going to make a prediction. i'm going to offer encouragement. one of the things that -- i keep saying in the article, people may remember the story of ebenezer scrooge, "the christmas carol." when he sees the ghost of christmas future, he asks, are you the vision of things that will be or of things that could be? the ghost never answers. this is just a future. you can choose your own. you look at a lot of the gro

trump tend to be people of the left, you don't see them taking to the street about the president of hungary who was criticised and built a wall of his own against immigrants, and rehab slovakia, similar outspoken... but we are just a few days into the trump presidency and we have this legal battle starting to unravel on this travel ban between the president and the courts. what strikes me is how cataclysmic it appears, after only two weeks, it seems there is almost a massive culture war going on in the us, and resonating throughout the us, and resonating throughout the world. when you have chuck schumer, the democrat minority leader in the house, in tears talking about the travel ban, the long serving democrat saying he has served with every president since forward and have never seen such catastrophic... donald trump said they were fake tears. yes, he said, i must consult his acting coach, typically insulting comment in my view. this week we were talking about going down the rabbit hole and coming out at alice's tea party, thatis coming out at alice's tea party, that is what i feel we are

. >>> in today's quick hits, budapest, hungary is dropping its bid to host 2024 summer olympics due to a lack of support by its residents. that leaves only los angeles and paris in the running. the ioc will decide in september. >>> london's scotland yard is being led by a woman for the first time in its 187-year history. she is dick, a former member of the force. i bet she's a cool chick. >>> preparations are under way for the academy award and crews at the doleby theater have already rolled out the red carpet for hollywood's biggestifying. >>> an interest rate hike possible and why big retailers are losing the race with amazon. steve sedgwick has all the details this morning. good morning, steve. >> reporter: yes. the 14th and 15th march for momc for janet yellen could be absolutely key after she says, yeah, rate could be hiked fairly soon and not too much pressure on inflation. elsewhere, bricks and mortar are taking it to amazon, better pricing and better delivery. only 10% of the 350 global retail remembers making money. and finally mcdonald's bets on $1 soda and $2 mccafe drinks w

hungary is withdrawing its bid to host the olympics in 2024. a quarter of a million people demanded a referendum. 0pposition parties complained about the cost and risk of corruption. paris and los angeles are now of corruption. paris and los angeles a re now left of corruption. paris and los angeles are now left in the running to host the olympics in 2024. the authorities in chile say more than 4,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as wildfires rage in the centre of the country. a red alert had been issued for the area around the village of parral. pablo uchoa has this report. within just a few hours, flames engulfed three and a half thousand hectares of land in this region. this fire started raging early on wednesday. authorities have since ordered the evacuation of more than 4000 people. translation: it was unbelievable. the fire spread 200, 300 metres in seconds. unbelievable. then came firefighters, police and military. they asked us to evacuate the area. it is out of control. my uncle had a house here and it looks like it was b

american claressa shields headlines when she takes on hungary's szilvia szabados for north american boxing federation title in detroit on the 10th of march. shields is just 21, but took 0lympic middleweight gold in 2008 and 2012 and with the likes of olympic champion katie taylor of ireland and great britain's nicola adams also leaving amateur boxing in favour of the professional ranks, i think we can expect to see much more prime—time women's boxing. a good start. and just ask you about the fa cup game? yes, the replay in the fa cup game? yes, the replay in the fa cup between derby county and leicester city has just finished. we will see extra time to see which of these two says will get through to these two says will get through to the last 16. as it has finished 1—1 at full—time. the last 16. as it has finished 1—1 at full-time. thank you, and you can keep up—to—date with that on the bbc sport web page. take a look at this guy and remember the name — mohit ahlawat. he could be cricket's next big thing. he's 21, and has hit 300 in a local twenty20 match in delhi. he scored

hungary isn't going in the same direction as france, for example. the threat from russia is serious for these eastern european countries. but that is a nato threat. for us what will be important is that politically we have a voice. in the middle east we have a voice. a united voice on trade. that will make europe a much stronger. good luck. we will have to leave it there, on that happy note. that's it for dateline london this week — you can comment on the programme on twitter @gavinesler and engage with our guests. we're back next week at the same time. make a date with dateline london. goodbye. he low. the afternoon looking dry, mild, but cloudy for the vast majority of the uk. the cloud thickening up all the while across the pennines, this was the scene a few moments ago in saddleworth on the tops of the pennines. a bit of mist and drizzle coming down, that will continue to work in as we go through this afternoon, turning damp in place, north—west england round oui’ in place, north—west england round our the pennines and fog patches develo

look at poland, look at hungary, so many nations across the european union. i don't deny this. i'm fighting against these people. i don't deny le pen exists. i don't deny wilders exists. but i can tell you one thing, the public opinion in our countries on the continent in the eu is not against europe, they are against this european union. that's exactly why i'm saying to you this book is maybe more eurosceptic than all other books that have been published because i think this european union will not survive. what you need to do to convince people who are voting today voting for le pen is offering them a vision for the future, showing them unity for europe can tackle the financial crisis, the economic fallout of it, the migration flows, refugees coming to europe. security externally. you have been peddling the federalist dream for ten years. at what point do you realise it's a dream and not a reality? the banking union today is a reality because we have pushed for it. i also think tomorrow the european defence union will be a reality because the world is changing and we cannot c

look at poland, look at hungary, look at so many nations across the european union. i don't deny this. i'm fighting against these people. i don't deny le pen exists. i don't deny wilders exists. but i can tell you one thing, the public opinion on the continent, in countries in the european union, is not against europe, they are against this european union. that's exactly why i'm saying to you this book is maybe more eurosceptic than all other books that have been published, because i think this european union will not survive. what you need to do to convince people who are voting today for le pen, is offering them a vision for the future, showing them unity for europe can tackle the financial crisis, the economic fallout of it, the migration flows, refugees coming to europe. security externally. you have been peddling the federalist dream for ten years. at what point are you going to realise it's a dream and not a reality? the banking union today is a reality because we have pushed for it. i also think tomorrow the european defence union will be a reality because the

speaking on a visit to hungary, the flare—up was started by ukrainians, volunteering italians, seizing an opposition stronghold and moving inside rebel territory. you can get more on that story. the white house says that a us special forces operation in yemen was a very thought out process by the mistress in. the us military was investigating the operation last weekend after innocent civilians including children were apparently films. the white house said it was ha rd to call films. the white house said it was hard to call the operation a success when there was loss of life but this was a success. and one of the most read stories on the bbc news website right now, is why 6000 pangolins died. thai customs officials have received their biggest ever for of type pangolins scales. last night we brought you the historic vote in westminster when a big majority of mps westminster when a big majority of m ps voted westminster when a big majority of mps voted to give the prime minister the power to fire the starting gun on britain's exit from the eu. today we have got more detail from the govern